Tufted fabric and method of forming the same



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H. HEINE.

TUFTED FABRIC AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME.

No. 433,242. Patented July 29, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMANN HEINE, OF MILXVAUKEE, IVISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO TIIOMAS LAMB, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TUFTED FABRIC AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,242, dated July 29,1890.

Application filed December 21, 1886- Serial No. 222,136- N0 m m To aZZwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMANN IIEINE, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tufted Fabrics and Method of Forming the Same;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to the lining of fabrics, particularly knit goods;and it consists in a novel method of forming and attaching loops on thesurface of a fabric, as well as in the complete lined or tufted fabricso made, all as set forth more particularly hereinafter, and pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of fabric with myimprovedlining stitch and loops applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View of thesame. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show the method of forming this stitch and loop.

In the present application I show only so much of my machine as isnecessary to illustrate the construction of my peculiar stitch and loopand the method of forming the same, and hence it will suffice to explainthe parts shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, asfollows:

A is a bar suspended from the upper part of the machine (not shown) andbearing at its lower end a presser-foot B, said bar being capable ofvertical motion, so as to be lowered, to enable the fabric 0 to beplaced in position above it on the workarm D, (shown simply in sectionin Fig. 3,) and to be raised to hold said fabric up against thefeedwheel E, and this presser-foot13 is perforated at b for the passagetherethrough of the inclined needle F.

G is a bifurcated guide, the forked ends 9 g of which are curved, asshown, and serve to hold the fabric 0 against the work-arm D, and saidguide G, like the arm A, is suspended from the upper part of themachine, (not shown,-) from whence also extends another arm H, pivotedto which is the shank H of a hook h.

The operation of forming my stitch is as follows: The fabric 0 is placedin position on the machine, as shown clearly in Fig. 8, and the needleF,threaded with the yarn f, plunges through the fabric at the uppercorner over the work-arm, where it is bent or folded, as

shown, carrying the yarn with it, and then as the needle starts toretract the hook h (which is rocked back on its pivot as thencedleadvances) now begins to be rocked forward and catches in the loop a justformed, as shown in Fig. 5, and continues its forward movement with saidloop and then stops and holds the loop, as shown in Fig. 4, while theneedle withdraws, leaving two thicknesses or layers 0 e of the yarn sideby side in the pathway just formed by the needle, the feed-wheel Emeanwhile carrying the fabric C forward and leaving a'certain length (Iof the yarn on the outer side of the fabric, and then as the needleplunges forward again its point passes directly through the center ofthe said length of yarn just laid on the outside of the fabric and thehook it catches the loop and holds it as before, and so on until aseries of stitches are formed, as shown in Fig. l, entirely round thefabric if it is a circular web or across it if a straight-web fabric,when a second row is similarly made, the exterior of the fabric showingit in detail, as indicated in Fig.2, although the loops of one row neednot alternate with the loops of the rows on each side unless desired,this construction being shown as affording a pleasing variety, but thisbeing determined wholly by the point where the needle enters the fabricat the beginning of the second row.

The principal object of my loops and stitches is in lining or facingstockings, leg gins, mittens, wristlets, gloves, and other garments, orfabrics for making the same thicker, heavier, or warmer, and for thepurpose of trimming or beautifying the same, and for making borders orfringes, &c.

It will be understood that my invention is applicable to any kind offabric, whether knitted, woven, or felted, and that while I speak ofyarn I include by that term any thread whatsoever, whether of wool,cotton, flax, hemp, silk, jute, or any other suitable material.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The process of forming and attaching loops on the surface of a fabricwith a single thread or yarn, consisting in supporting and holding thefabric in a bent position about a finger, thrusting the thread through'the angle of the fabric, the thread entering and passing out of thefabric on the same surface of the fabric, forming of the thread a loopon the surface of the fabric and a tight stitch alternately with theloop, and feeding the fabric forward alternately with the making of theloop and stitch, substantially as shown and described.

2. A lined or tufted fabric consisting of a 'body, one side'of which isleft plain, While the other side is provided-with loops of a continuousyarn passed through the surface of the fabric and through the body ofcertain 15 lengths of the said'continuous yarn laid on the surface. ofthe fabric on that side, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in 20 the county of Milwaukee and State of Wiscousin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

HERMANN HEINE.

Witnesses:

' H. G. UNDERWOOD,

N. E. OLIPHANT.

